The Lord Our Righteous Savior

Jeremiah 23:1-15

“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. Therefore this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to the shepherds who tend my people: “Because you have scattered my flock and driven them away and have not bestowed care on them, I will bestow punishment on you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord. “I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase in number. I will place shepherds over them who will tend them, and they will no longer be afraid or terrified, nor will any be missing,” declares the Lord.

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, a King who will reign wisely and do what is just and right in the land. In his days Judah will be saved and Israel will live in safety. This is the name by which he will be called: The Lord Our Righteous Savior.

“So then, the days are coming,” declares the Lord, “when people will no longer say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the Israelites up out of Egypt,’ but they will say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives, who brought the descendants of Israel up out of the land of the north and out of all the countries where he had banished them.’ Then they will live in their own land.”

“Both prophet and priest are godless; even in my temple I find their wickedness,” declared the Lord. 
“Therefore their path will become slippery;  they will be banished to darkness and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them in the year they are punished,” declared the Lord.

Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says concerning the prophets: “I will make them eat bitter food and drink poisoned water, because from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has spread throughout the land.”

Why?

The Lord disappointed the shepherds and prophets in Israel and Judah, so the Lord will take care of the remaining flock out of all the countries and bring them back to their pasture. There will be a new branch from David be a king, Jesus Christ, and he will be called: The Lord our Righteous Savior.

Both prophets and priests are godless, all of them will be banished.

The Lord is righteous and full of mercy to his people and servants. Judgment according to their behavior come down and the Lord arranged a new way for his people. God gives us Jesus Christ as a new priest, a new savior. Who does not come from the world, but comes from heaven.

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失職的牧人，指西底加！

耶和華是神的義，也是耶穌另外一個名字，耶和華我們的義，發音很像西底加的名字。

馬太雅：耶和華是我的禮物，被改名為耶和華是我的公義。耶穌補足我們的虧欠，完成了立法。因為人無法達成神的義。

很巴比侖成為他們的經歷，耶穌也是成為我們每天的經歷，不再只是講歷史，今天每個世代都可以經歷出埃及的得救經歷。

神給人恩賜，能力，但是人沒有用在對的地方。耶利米用北國與南國先知

 比較，北國是宗教上的敗壞，南國是道德的敗壞，比北國還要糟糕，雖然南國有聖殿、敬拜、祭司等。讓我們反省自己，我們有教會活動，我們有主日敬拜，有讀經，有禱告，但是行為與世人是否一樣，甚至於更壞?神的公義與慈愛並行！來聚會，不是來看電影，穿著、遲到等，我們的心是否看重神?

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How?

Under the plan of the Lord, there is Jesus Christ in the days of Jeremiah.